Tophi reduction: ultrasound imaging and correlation with plasma levels of uric acid in patients undergoing treatment for tophaceous gout

The objective was to determine the reduction of tophi in patients undergoing drug therapy in correlation with urate serum levels through ultrasound examination. A total of 31 male patients, between the ages of 33 to 77 years, with tophaceous gout were evaluated between 2005 and 2009, 11 of which we...

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Main Authors: A.J.L. Ferrari, A.R. Corrêa Fernandes, R. de Almeida Agustinelli, H. Seike, E. de Ávila Fernandes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2019-07-01
Series:Reumatismo
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Online Access:https://www.reumatismo.org/index.php/reuma/article/view/1058